2.3.7.3 Selecting a MySQL Server Type

Like mysqld, but compiled with full debugging and
automatic memory allocation checking

All of the preceding binaries are optimized for modern Intel
processors, but should work on any Intel i386-class or higher
processor.

Each of the servers in a distribution support the same set of
storage engines. The SHOW ENGINES
statement displays which engines a given server supports.

All Windows MySQL 5.5 servers have support for
symbolic linking of database directories.

MySQL supports TCP/IP on all Windows platforms. MySQL servers on
Windows also support named pipes, if you start the server with
the --enable-named-pipe option.
It is necessary to use this option explicitly because some users
have experienced problems with shutting down the MySQL server
when named pipes were used. The default is to use TCP/IP
regardless of platform because named pipes are slower than
TCP/IP in many Windows configurations.